Piece
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Item
Richard Benieo of London. Benieo Richard Bishop of Exeter, chancellor. Benio requests...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/346/E1420
What’s it about?
This record is about the Richard Benieo of London. Benieo Richard Bishop of Exeter, chancellor. Benio requests... dating from [1401-1403] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
Is it available online?
Yes, this record is available online and can be downloaded. How to view it.
Can I see it in person?
No, this record is not available to see in person at The National Archives. Other ways to view it.
Full description and record details
-
Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/346/E1420
-
Date (When the record was created)
- [1401-1403]
-
Description (What the record is about)
-
- Petitioners
- Richard Benieo of London.
- Name(s)
- Benieo, Richard
- Addressees
- Bishop of Exeter, chancellor.
- Nature of request
- Benio requests remedy. He states that William Catesby was bound in a certain sum by statute of the Staple to Mansfield, which sum was paid, and Mansfield delivered the statute to Catesby and it was stored amongst Catesby's charters. Catesby devised that a tenement in the parish of All Hallows in Langbourn ward, London, should be sold for his alms, but after his death, Catesby's son and Swatheseye entered the same intending to have title by force and wrongly removed the obligation with the other charters. Afterwards the statute came into the hand of strangers and have purchased a certificate before the chancellor in Chancery to have execution of this to one Nicholas Potyn, one of the executors of Mansfield, Potyn being dead for a long time, and upon which certificate a writ issued from Chancery to the sheriffs of London to extend and take Catesby's tenements, and by inquisition the sheriffs valued the tenement at 26s 8d per annum, the petitioner being tenant and purchaser of the tenement. On the return of the writ into Chancery the strangers stated that they could have no advantage of the statute, and it was taken to the use of the king. As Mansfield was a debtor of the king, another writ is issued out of the Exchequer to levy and take at the Exchequer the 26s 8d annually until satisfaction be made to the king in the £40 as of the debt of Mansfield.
- Nature of endorsement
- Richard Benis.
- Places mentioned
- London
- All Hallows Staining, [London]
- Langbourn ward, [London].
- People mentioned
- [Edmund Stafford], bishop of Exeter and chancellor
- William Catesby, citizen and brewer of London
- Gilbert Manfeld (Mansfield), late citizen and merchant of London
- William Catesby, brewer, son of William Catesby, citizen and brewer
- Alan Swatheseye.
-
Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition is dated to 1401-1403 in part because the petition refers to events in the reigns of both Edward III and Richard II, and refers to both as 'late', and the petition is also addressed to the bishop of Exeter as chancellor, and this is clearly a reference to Edmund Stafford, bishop of Exeter who served as chancellor from 1396-1399, and from 1401-1403, the latter being the appropriate dates for the petition.
-
Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
-
Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
-
Language (The language of the record)
- French
-
Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
-
Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9736844/
How to order it
- View this record page in our current catalogue
- Check viewing and downloading options
- Select an option and follow instructions
Series information
SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
See the series level description for more information about this record.
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
74,884 records
Within the department: SC
Records of various departments, arranged artificially according to type, and formerly...
18,283 records
Within the series: SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
72 records
Within the piece: SC 8/346
E 1360-E 1391: King and Council. E 1393-E 1399: Appears to be remains of a file of...
You are currently looking at the item: SC 8/346/E1420
Richard Benieo of London. Benieo Richard Bishop of Exeter, chancellor. Benio requests...
Related records
Records that share similar topics with this record.